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TUTORIAL MATERIAL
Normal distribution
1. Electronic Device Parking Motorbike takes averagely 160 microseconds to respond to motorbike license
plate; with the standard deviation is 30 microseconds. The Device is Normally Distributed. What is the
probability that a device will respond within 100 to 180 microseconds?
2. The time, in hours, that a copying machine may work without breaking down is a normally distributed
random variable with mean 549 and standard deviation 68. Find the probability that the machine will work for
at least 500 hours without breaking down?
3. The yield, in tons of ore per day, at a given coal mine is approximately normally distributed with mean 785
tons and standard deviation 60.
a. Find the probability that at least 800 tons of ore will be mined on a given day.
b. Find the proportion of working days in which anywhere from 750 to 850 tons is mined.
c. Find the probability that on a given day, the yield will be below 665 tons.
4. Scores on a management aptitude examination are believed to be normally distributed with mean 650 (out of
a total of 800 possible points) and standard deviation 50.
a. What is the probability that a randomly chosen manager will achieve a score above 700?
b. What is the probability that the score will be below 750?
5. The price of a share of Kraft stock is normally distributed with mean 33.30 and standard deviation 6.10
a. What is the probability that on a randomly chosen day in the period for which our assumptions are made,
the price of the stock will be more than $40 per share?
b. Less than $30 per share?
6. The power generated by a solar electric generator is normally distributed with mean 15.6 kilowatts and
standard deviation of 4.1 kilowatts. We may be 95% sure that the generator will deliver at least how many
kilowatts?
7. Short-term rates fluctuate daily. It may be assumed that the yield for 90-day Treasury bills in early 2007 was
approximately normally distributed with mean 4.92% and standard deviation 0.3%. Find a value such that
95% of the time during that period the yield of 90-day T-bills was below this value .
8. The number of people responding to a mailed information brochure on cruises of the Royal Viking Line
through an agency in San Francisco is approximately normally distributed. The agency found that 10% of the
time, over 1,000 people respond immediately after a mailing, and 60% of the time, at least 650 people
respond right after the mailing. Find the mean and the standard deviation of the number of people who
respond following a mailing.
9. The caffeine content of a cup of home-brewed coffee is a normally distributed random variable with a mean
of 115 mg with a standard deviation of 20 mg.
a. What is the probability that a randomly chosen cup of home-brewed coffee will have more than 130 mg
of caffeine?
b. Less than 100 mg?
c. A very strong cup of tea has a caffeine content of 91 mg. What is the probability that a cup of coffee will
have less caffeine than a very strong cup of tea?
10. The fracture strength of a certain type of manufactured glass is normally distributed with a mean of 579 MPa
with a standard deviation of 14 MPa.
a. What is the probability that a randomly chosen sample of glass will break at less than 579 MPa?
b. More than 590 MPa?
c. Less than 600 MPa?

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11. The length of a certain kind of Colorado brook trout is normally distributed with a mean of 12.5 inches and a
standard deviation of 1.2 inches. What minimum size limit should the Department of Natural Resources set if
it wishes to allow people to keep 80 percent of the trout they catch?
12. Times for a surgical procedure are normally distributed. There are two methods. Method A has a mean of 28
minutes and a standard deviation of 4 minutes, while method B has a mean of 32 minutes and a standard
deviation of 2 minutes.
a. Which procedure is preferred if the procedure must be completed within 28 minutes?
b. Thirty-eight minutes?
c. Thirty-six minutes?

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